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amongst them of happiness, and knowledge, his rarely found talent, his winning eloquence, and his time, which but too probably i m p a i re d hi s h ea l t h. Of Si r R o bert Grant's anxious wish to found a college in which natives might be instructed in that beneficial and most benevolent of all studies, the science of medicine, there cannot be the smallest doubt. If this be assumed, I feel confident that no one present will controvert "a position so reasonable. I cannot conceive any act we could possibly perform in commemoration of the amiable deceased which would be so gratifying to his manes, and so likely to perpetuate his renown for philanthrophy and kind-heartedness to our children's children, as the founding of a medical col• lege to be designated after him whom we so deeply and with so much justice deplore the loss of. By the adoption of this suggestion, I conceive we shall honour our late benefactor much more effectually than we could do in any other manner ; and he who so strenuously advocated the growth of medical science amongst natives during his valuable life, would thus serve it even after 'saving paid the last debt of humanity. Dr. SmY TT AN, in seconding the fifth resolution, addressed the meeting as follows :—ln rising to second this motion, I regret that it has not fallen to some person more competent to set forth, in a suitable manner, the views and wishes of our lamented Governor in regard to a medical school or college. I can testify, however, as to his anxiety to obtain for the natives the means of a complete medical education. His inquiries were early set on foot. At length he committed it to a medical Committee, of which I happened to be chair man, to collect information. Circulars were sent out by his authority, and information was elicited from medical officers all over the territory, as well as others at the Presidency engaged in the education cf the natives. It was ascertained that there was no inaptitude on the part of the natives, and that their prejudices would not stand in the way of a full medical education being communicated ; indeed, the expe rience of the Medical College at Calcutta, and of our own hospitals, is satisfactory on this point. A report was drawn up and sent in, with accompanying documents, to the Right, Honourable the Governor in Council, from which I under stand a strong and able minute drawn up by Sir Ro bert was forwarded to the Supreme Government, urging the necessity of an establishment at this Presidency for imparting full instruction to the natives in medicine and surgery. J. B. CRAWFORD, Esq., in supporting the motion, said, I am induced to trespass on the attention of this meeting at this time from peculiar circumstances having given me the opportunity of becoming acquainted with the senti ments of our late respected Governor on the subject of medical improvement generally, and afforded me the means of stating of my own immediate knowledge that the establishment of a medical college, in conjunction, if pos sible, with an enlarged native dispensary and native hospi tal, where the castes and prejudices of the natives could be more attended to than has hitherto been found practi- cable, was amongst the most anxious wishes of his hear and because, also, I believe that in adopting the resolution which is now in the hands of our Reverend Cha'rman, we shall manifest our respect for departed worth in a manner which the lamented individual' whose merits we desire to commemorate would himself approve. JAMES BIRD, Esq., moved the sixth resolution : " That the following gentlemen form a Committee, with power to add to their number, for collecting a commemora tive fund an] applying it to the objects specified by the meeting." [Here follow the names, consis'ing of native and European gentlemen.] After the warm and just commen dations which have been pronounced on the much-lamented and eminently good individual to perpetuate whose memory and to honour whose virtues we are here assembled, I would not have ventured now to express my sentiments did I not feel that I have enjoyed no common opportunity of know ing his kind ness an d b enevo l ence i n private life, and of judging of the rectitude and generosity which ever actuated his public conduct. What has been done for the benefit of this island during the brief period of his Government, by works of public utility being sane honed and completed, the following letter from the officer who superintends them will best explain :—" No thing can exceed the interest taken by Sir R. Grant in plans for improving the town and island of Bombay, or for ameliorating the condition of its inhabitants ; and although be made use of every means in his power, and spared him self no trouble to investigate the real merits of any sug gestions that were made to him, it seemed as if plans could not be prepared fist enough. Many public works of the utmost utility, and acknowledged to be so by the Govern ment for many years previous to Sir R. Grant's adminis tration, yet from some trifling causes never sanctioned, were immediately, after he became Governor, ordered to be com menced, and it may safely be said that the public im provements undertaken by any former Government were trivial, and bore no kind of proportion either in extent or usefulness to those effected by him. The noxious, imper fectly drained, and filthy state of the native town was a source of constant anxiety to him, and before his la mented death he had commenced arrangements for im proving it on a most extended and liberal scale. The im provements of the roads on the island, and, in short, all works calculated for the real benefit of the community, were equally the objects of his attention. Among the many improvements commenced or completed during the short period he was at the head of the Government, the following may be enumerated :—Streets in the native town, befOre impassable, and the receptacles of the mud and filth of the neighbourhood, have been converted into good mac adamised roads, to the indescribable comfort of those re siding in the streets, and greatly improving the salubrity and appearance of the neighbourhood. Many highly useful drains have been made, and among them one for turning the water falling on the esplanade into the harbour, instead of, as before, having to pass through the town, and even tually to Worlee, flooding in its course the houses in whole streets. This work, though urged by the authorities ever since the year 1818, was not commenced until Sir R. Grant interested himself regarding it, and it need only be said that it has more than answered the most san guine expectations of its projectors. The improvement to the sluices and channels of Worlee and Moree, by means of which the flats are now completely drained by October instead of January, or three months sooner than they used to be, and now the plan for completely draining the flats, by making a new set of sluices near Lovegrove, are all works sanctioned by Sir R. Grant. The public markets and slaughter-houses, the Colubah Causeway, the widening of the Fort gates, the grand road across the island from the Duncan-road, draw-wells to the sea-beach at Chow patty, the widening of many public roads, particularly about the secretariate premises, and various works for in creasing and improving the supply of fresh water in the town, have all originated with him. Many other works, minor in extent, though of infinite benefit to parts of the town, might be enumerated ; and likewise several instances in which public acts of former governments, which had been found to press heavily on portions of the inhabitants, have been rescinded or modified, though at the risk of offending many very influential, though interested, individuals. The motion was seconded by LEWIS GRANT, Esq., who said—l have the pleasure of seconding this resolution ; and I am glad of the opportunity which the occasion af fords me of paying my tribute, however unworthy it may be, to the excellent character of our late Governor, which in every relation of life, so far as it came under my observation, was such as to command admiration and es teem. I feel assured that recollections of him will be long and fondly cherished in Bombay ; and that even if the la bour of love and affection in which we are now engaged was left unperformed, monuments to his memory would not be wanting, but that his name and fame would go down to aftertimes in connection with the great works of social improvement which have been adverted to in the resolu tions which have been adopted, and which have so happily prospered under the fostering auspices of his liberal and en lightened administration. The seventh resolution was moved by JAMSTTJEE Jua. HOY, Esq.—" That the Committee be requested to circu late copies of the proceedings of this meeting and subscrip tion lists through the ou t stat i ons ." This resolution was seconded by the Venerable Arch deacon JEFFREYS. It is not my intention at this late hour, he said, to detain the meeting, in order t o a dd m y f ee bl e aid to the light that has been already thrown around the character of our late beloved Governor by those who have gone before me ; there appears to be such a perfect unani mity of feeling on the subject, that all that I can say has been already anticipated. I can only bear my testimony to what you have already heard, that our lamented Governor was so universally kind and amiable and courteous, that he won the affections of all who knew him. lam not pre pared to assert that he never, in any one instance, made an error of judgment, for to say this would require a far more extensive acquaintance with his public conduct than I can pretend to, but I firmly believe that he was sin cerely desirous of doing that which was just and right. By this trait in his public character (in which all are agreed) he won the esteem as well as the affections of all, and I believe it may be said cFor w ith truth, that he has my own noptaea r, I not left a single enemy behini should be very ungrateful, indeed, if I did h t r testimony to his personal kindness and courtes y to myself, and not only to myself, but to the whole body of i the clergy of our Church Establishment, n whose . name I now speak, and whose unanimous fee lin g and opinion I am certain that I faithfully represent. Bu t, m y Lord, it was not merely in the kindness and courtesies o f society that our late Governor excelled ; no, nor merely in that genuine love to mankind which evidently filled his heart, and met its reward in the love of others. His praise stood on far higher ground than this—on the ground of genuine piety and love to God. There is the strongest reason to believe that, amidst all his multiplied avocations, he was no stranger to real heart religion and private communion with God. The general interests of religion, and of our own Church Festablishnient in particular, occupied a large share of his attention ; and when I consider the vast amount of cor respondence which passed under his own eye, as stated by his Secretary (all of which he examined for himself), I am quite astonished at the readiness with which all the correspondence was answered which passed through my department ; and I cannot but feel bound to acknowledge that amidst his various and extensive engagements the Church occupied even more than her share of his atten tion. With these observations, my Lord, Ido with the sincerest pleasure second the motion that has just been made. JAMES HENRY CRAWFORD, Esq., in moving the eighth resolution, said, One resolution more remains to be moved, which has just been put into my hands. Before, however, submitting it to this meeting, I must avail myself of this further opportunity of addressing it, to say that I consider it a subject of congratulation to those who called it, and to every friend of Sir Robert Grant, wherever situated, that it has been attended by as numerous an assemblage of all ranks—native as well as European—and been marked by as great a degree of nnanimity, as I ever remember to have seen in this place. My own connection with Bombay ex tends to a period of upwards of 30 years, and havinr , neces sarily been present at many public meetings during that time, I can safely say that I never attended one in which the general feeling was more in unison with that of its promo ters, or more strongly and'unequivocally manifested, than in the present instance. Unfortunately for myself,my protracted absence from Bombay on duty, and only recent return, have greatly lessened the means which most around me have possessed of becoming personally acquainted with the many excellencies of our late respected Governor's character, both in public and private life ; but I have seen enough to satisfy me that, in the discharge of his official duties, he was ac tuated, as has been more than once stated this day, by a sincere desire to do right at all times, and to all persons, and to improve the condition of the country and the people entrusted to his care to the utmost of his power ; and I have experienced in the few opportunities of personal in tercourse which it has been permitted me to enjoy, all that kindness of heart and disposition, urbanity of manner and friendly feeling, which others have to-day so ably and eloquently described. Under these circumstances I am anxious not to let the present opportunity escape of adding my humble tribute of respect to the memory of him whose loss we all deplore, and of stating, that to the extent in which my short residence under his Government has per- 'flitted me to form an estimate of Sir Robert Grant's ' character, I cordially and honestly concur in all that has been said in its praise. I have now, Gentlemen, to call your attention to the resolution in my hand, which I am sure will pass with as much unanimity as any that has pre ceded it, and to propose—" That the best thanks of this meeting are due to the Lord Bishop for his conduct in the Chair." HENRY FAWCETT, F,sq., seconded the motion, which, like all that preceded it, was unanimously adopted. We subjoin some of the remarks of the Bombay Courier, which gives the report of the proceedings of the above meeting : " We are enabled to present our readers with a full re port of the very interesting proceedings in the Town-hall on Saturday last, which had for their object to comtnemo rate the name of the beloved and excellent Governor who has been snatched from his earthly duties to a happier existence. All who have known Bombay for the last fifty years say that never during their recollection has there been so numerous, so zealous ash assemblage of friends as that which met to do honour to and gild the name of the good and talented man 'who so won the hearts of all who were subjected to his control in the Presidency. There have been popular and esteemed Governors and Commanders in Bombay, but nothing like the spectacle of Saturday was witnessed when they quitted the seat of Government and of power to retire into the privacy of their domestic circles. In this instance the large space of the Town-hall was crowded from its entrance on every side, and all appeared enthusiastic to pay the last tribute to that benevolent and philanthropic Governor who had given such proofs of his interest and affection for the mingled races of the country, had exhibited such earnestness for their mental culture and improvement, had contributed so largely when the hand of charity could allay suffering, and had struggled so hard to remove physical defects and open the resources of the different provinces. Considering his short tenure of office, the three years only during which he had governed us, we find that he has effected a vast deal of good, and given that impulse to the eliciting the, resources of the country which we hope will urge on infinitely more exten sive amendments. It was no fault of his that the measures of benefit to the country were not more ample. The li mited nature of his instructions offered a perpetual obstacle to amelioration on a larger scale. "We must refer our readers to the proceedings of the meeting for a more elaborate tribute to the memory of Sir Robert Grant ; suffice it for us to say, that the gathering of his friends on this occasion convinces us of the justness of our previous remark that "he died without one personal enemy ;" the meeting which has been held to do him honour has been every way worthy of Bombay. There were no favours to court, no smiles to win, no benefits to hope for in prospect ; but yet all were present to sound the praises of and to raise a lasting memorial to him whose tongue could no longer praise nor hand bestow the rewards and honours of patronage. Ttle Chamber of Commerce, to its honours besides evincing its estimation of Sir Robert Grant by its members on Saturday, intends separately, and distinctly from what may be effected by the aid of a general subscription, to raise a tablet to his memory in their hail of meeting." UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, SOMERSET HOUSE. MATRICULATION. Dr Examiners in Classics, Re Jenard, Rev. C. Thirlwall. Mr. G. B. Jerrard, Mathematics, Rev. R. Murphy. Chemistry, Mr. Braude. Natural History, Rev. Professor Henslow. The following students, having passed the Examination, were admitted as Members of the University : FIRST DIVISION. Brett, University College. Davison, ditto. Fenton, ditto. Foggo, King's College. Greenwood, University College. Hargreave. ditto. Manning, King's College. Mason, University College. Ridley, ditto. Sargent, King's College. Shaen, University College. Stansfeld, ditto. SECOND DIVISION. Bird, King's College. Bower, ditto. Clarke, ditto. Gibson, University College. Goodeve, King's College. Grindall, ditto. Harrison, ditto. Lawford, University College. Muliens, ditto. Sugden, ditto. The folbwing Students were arranged in the order of their proficiency in Chemistry and Natural History : Ridley, University College. Clarke, King's College. Davison, University College. Lawford, ditto. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1838. SCOTTISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. IMPORTANT DECISION FOR, THEATRES. EDINBURGH.-The election of members to serve in the Town Council took place on Tuesday, when (states the Courant) less interest was excited than might have been ex pected. In two only of the five wards did a contest take place ; and of these only one, the fourth, exhibited a close run opposition. In -the fifth the issue was manifest from the be ginning, and two Tories topped the poll. TILE CONVENERY.—On Wednesday the Deacons of the Incorporated Trades met in the Magdalen Chapel, to choose their Convener for the ensuing year. Considerable excite ment had been created by this election among the Corpora tions; there being candidates for the honour—Mr. Clark, George-street, Deacon of the Wrights, and Mr. Campbell, North-bridge, Deacon of the Hitters, and as the trades were said to be pretty equally divided between these gentlemen, the result was looked forward to with much interest. On Wednesday, however, on the meeting of the Convenery, Mr. Campbell retired from the contest, and Mr. Clark was elected without opposition. The Council is now complete; and we believe it will be found that it has left parties much in the same position as they were before. EDINBURGII.—THIRD MUNICIPAL DISTRICT.--We under stand that George Lindsay, Esq., London street, has, on the requisition of a number of the electors, consented to be put in nom nation to supply the vacancy occasioned by the non-ac ceptance of Colonel Skene. Mr. Lindsay, who was for many years a most respectable teacher in this City, is a Churchman, but of Liberal politics—is independent in his circumstances, and has the entire command of his time. The election takes place on Monday. GLASGOW.—The contest on Tuesday was a keen one. It appears that the Tories put forth their whole united strength, and were little scrupulous in availing themselves of the foul influences. " The power of wealth," says the Argus, "over awed many of the electors ; fear of the loss of custom still more, and both together, as the Fourth Ward can well testify, succeeded in burdening many a conscience with the weight of broken promises. To a certain extent the foul influences have been successful ; but, perhaps, in the apathy of the Li berals, a more direct cause for the p trtial loss of the Third, and the total loss of the Fourth Ward, may be discovered. It was there that the foul influences of Toryism chiefly deve loped themselves." The following is the state of the poll in the various Wards, as ascertained in the scrutiny : First Ward.—Whitehead ( L), 445; Hastie ( L), 440 ; Tennent (C), 371 ; Richmond (C), 342. Second Ward.—Johnston (L ), 504; Hamilton (L), 430 Lire (L), 430 ; Taylor (C), 333 ; Chisholm (C), 298. Third Ward.—Hutchison, 469 ; Campbell, 447 ; Graham 418 ; Purdie, 4. Fourth Ward —Brown, 456 ; Cumming, 435 ; Lumsden 406 ; Fleming, 359. Fifth Ward.—Kidston (C), 384; Bogle (C), 381 ; Flem. ing (L), 119. GREENOCK. —Here, as elsewhere throughout Scotland, the election of members to serve on the Town Council took place on Tuesday last. In the first, third, and fourth wards the can didates met with no opposition—in the fifth the old member showed fight, but soon abandoned the useless struggle ; but in the second ward the contest was very keen, and at the close of the poll at four o'clock the candidates hail each the same number of votes. In consequence of the parity of votes a new election for the second ward is ordered to take place to morrow.—Greenock Advertiser. DUNIBARTON.—Here, too, as predicted from the result of the registrations, Conservatism has triumpliedL-the election at four o'clock having terminated in the return of four Conser vatives and only one Liberal. PAISLEY.—LittIe or no interest was manifested in the above elections. RENFREW. At Renfrew the Conservatives carried all before them, no Radical being elected. RUTIIERGLEN.—Five Radicals and one Conservative have been returned. HAmit-ToN.—Here the Conservatives have been worsted i❑ the return of four Liberals. AIRDRIE.—Six Reformers and six Tories. MUSSELBURGII.—In this ancient burgh the contest between the Conservatives and Liberals is what may be termed a drawn battle—both parties returning two men each. CUPAR.—Our burgh elections, which have been exciting some stir for some weeks past, took place on Tuesday, when the result was the return of four gentlemen hitherto counted on the Liberal side, and seven Conservatives. ST. ANDREW'S.—Of the eleven Councillors the Reformers have put in nine, and the Conservatives one ; for the eleventh Councillor a Liberal, Mr. Stobie, candle- maker, and Mr. Mudie, a Tory, are equal in numbers, thus rendering a second election necessary, unless parties can come to some arrange ment. KIRK ALDY.--The Liberals have carried four out of nine of the new Councillors. PERTH. —With the exception of a pretty keen competition, preceded by an active canvass for several days, in the Fourth, or Glencoe Ward, and some opposition which was unexpec tedly raised on the day of election for the First Ward, the elections this year went off without much interest or stir. From the political character of the new members, the pre sent Council will now be more decidedly Liberal than any of its predecessors. ABERDEEN.-The result of the election of Town Council lors has made no greater difference on the relative state of parties than we anticipated, and seven vacancies have been filled up. Of the nineteen Town Councillors, the Tories now count, including Anythingarian Rust, fivz—so that at the least the Liverals are yet fourteen to five. In the First Ward, the requisition system proved quite effective. Mr. Sim was at the bottom of the poll, and Mr. Donald had comparatively few votes. It is surprising, indeed, that he had so many, seeing that he did not canvass, and that, in consequence of the late period at which he started, many of his friends had pledged themselves to the other candidates. The Second Ward did its duty nobly, Mr. Smith, on whose success the Tories counted with the utmost certainty, was, after a hard run, defeated by a majority of ten ! In the Third Ward, owing to the disgraceful apathy of the ' Liberals, and the profligate zeal of the Tories, Rust, whose shameful conduct we exposed last week, was returned instead of Baillie Lumsden. This victory will do the Tories more injury than their defeat in the Second Ward. Of the two can didates, they lost the one that did credit to their choice, and carried the other. —Aberdeen Herald. FIRST WARD-Mr. George Henry, Mr. William Allen, Mr. James Sim. SECOND WARD-Baillie Simpson, Mr. Andrew Old Man. THIRD WARD---.Mr. WM. Ross, Mr. Alexander Rust. INVERNESS. FIRST WARD—MCSSCS. D. Fraser, jun. (L.) R. Black (C) SECOND WARD —Mr. G. Mackay (L.) Dr. Forbes (L.) THIRD WARD-Bailie Cumming (C.) Air. David Rose (C.), Mr. John Cameron (L.) APPEAL OF THE PROPRIETORS OF COVENT GARDEN THEATRE AGAINST THE OVER 'SEERS OF THE POOR OF THE SAME PARISH. Yesterday the Justices acting for the Strand Union held a special sessions at the Board-room, in Carey -street, for the purpose of hearing appeals against the Poor-rates of the seve ral parishes included in the Union, when the appeal of the proprietors of Covent-Garden Theatre was first gone into. Captain Forbes, one of the proprietors of the theatre, at tended in person to support the appeal, and Mr. Mousely ap peared to resist it, on behalf of the parish of St. Paul, Go vent- Garden. Mr. F. P. WALESBY was in the chair, and the following Ma gistrates were also present :—Sir J. J. Hensler, Mr. Bellasis, Mr. M.William, Mr. A. Smith, Mr. Tulk, Mr. Twining, and Mr. D. G. Carpenter. Mr. Corder attended as clerk to the board, and read the no tice of appeal, which complained that the theatre was over assessed, inasmuch as the premises adjacent to it were rated in a lower ratio, and that, therefore, the assessment was unequal, unfair, and unjust. Captain FORBES said, he appeared as one of' the proprietors of Covent Garden theatre on behalf of himself and others to prosecute the appeal, in support of which he should call wit. nesses, and he was quite sure that the Magistrates, after hear ing their evidence, would decide in favour of the appeal.- The theatre was assessed at the sum of 2,8141., and he should prove the sum total received last year, and also the amount received this year, which would show that the parochial assessment was unjust. He begged to state that Mr. Macready, the preset t lessee, was only a nightly tenant, and, consequently it was in his power to terminate the agreement which existed between him and the proprietors at any time he thought proper. The gallant Captain then proceeded to state, that the gross amount of rent list year was 5,8901., and the rent which the proprie tors had agreed to pay to the Duke of Bedford was 2,085/. The taxes amounted to 791/., besides which there were the salaries for collecting the rent, which amounted to 250/. per annum, and then there was an item of 701. paid to the watch and firemen, and 371. for repairs. He would now call the attention of the Magistrates to the terms of the Parochial As sessment Act, under which the appeal was made, which stated, " that the net annual value of the several heredita ments rated thereunto, that is to say, of the rent at which the same might reasonably be expected to be let from year to year, free of all usual assessments, rates, and taxes, and tithe commutation, rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such • rent." It would be seen by the extract which he had read from the Act, that insurance was contemplated, and upon that point he admitted that no insurance had been effected upon Covent Garden Theatre, although he had been for the last twenty years endeavour ing to effect that object, but the lowest rate at which the in surance could be made was four guineas per cent., which would amount to 6,0001. per annum, so that the insurance would amount to more than the proprietors received. After stating that the furniture of the theatre, including the ma. chinery, dresses, decorations, &c., were of the value of 40,0001., the Gallant Captain concluded by saying, that whether the theatre was to be considered as a furnished or an unfurnished house, the Magistrates would see by the evidence Le should produce that it was rated far above its value, and added that he was driven to make the appeal in justice both to the proprietors of the theatre and to keep faith with the creditors. Mr. G. Robins, the auctioneer, was then alled forward, and stated, that he was not a proprietor of Covent-Garden Theatre, but he was a proprietor of Drury-lane Theatre. He consiaered the scenery and wardrobe of a theatre was its furniture, and without them a theatre would let at all. He considered that the landlord of Covent-garden Theatre would be a lucky man if he could get 1;000/. a-year for the bere walls ; and speaking of it as a theatre, he should say that that sum was its maximum rent. He did not know any way in which the rent could be raised except by letting the theatre as a Methodist Chapel, in which case he thought it might pro duce 2,0001. a-year. He was of opinion that the theatre might be let in this manner, as the town was overrun with theatres, and he thought a Chapel, with a popular preacher, would be an excellent speculation, for people were more in clined to support Chapels than theatres.—(Laughter.) Ile had dabbled a good deal in theatrical matters, and, from sad experience, he knew that theatrical property had depreciated in value very considerably of late years. He had been trying to let Mr. Braham's theatre, which was decidedly the most beautiful for its size in London, or he might say in Europe, for 2,000/. a-year, but could get no person to take it at this low rent even; and he remembered the time Drury- lane Theatre was let to Mr. Elliston for 11,200/. a-year. The same theatre was subsequently let to Mr. Price for 10,0001 a-year, and then Captain Polhill became the tenant at a re duced rent of 8,500/. a-year, and he was the last tenant the proprietors ever had. At present he did not think that Drury lane Theatre realized more than 1,000/. a-year, after paying the ground-rent, which left little or nothing for the proprietors, as the receipts were barely sufficieet to pay the rent to the Duke of Bedford, and to meet the necessary repairs. The ground rent was the same as Covent-garden Theatre. Witness never let a theatre without a wardrobe, which was necessary to be kept up from year to year, as there was a considerable wear and tear in dresses ; and when new pieces were brought out, new dresses and decorations were required, the cost of which would of course fall upon the tenant, and noton the proprietors. He had been on the Sub-Committee 23 years ; since he left it very little rent had been paid. The new renters, who had been punctually paid so long as he remained a Committee man, had received nothing for two years. M. Bunn had a good natured Committee to deal with, who would not annoy him by requiring rent. Cross- examined by Mr. Mousely.—Witness did not think that if the theatre was let out in different apartments (like Exeter-hall, for instance), it would realize a larger amount of rent; at least, he should be sorry to take it on such a specu lation, for any purpose, at a rent of 2,000/. a year. If the theatre were pulled down to-morrow, and new buildings erected upon the area which it now occupied, he did not think they would bring a higher rent than at present. Mr. Mousely—ls not the present rent of 2,085/. a fair sum for the theatre ? Witness—l should think it was too much. For the last three years witness knew little or nothing of the affairs of Drury -lane Theatre, but he believed Mr. Bunn paid his rent irregularly. He never knew the theatre to be let for less than 8,000/. per annum ; and when Messrs. Elliston and Price were the tenants, they broke down in the third year of their term. Captain Polhill expended 50,000/. on the theatre during the three years lie was the lessee, but he paid his rent regularly until the last year, when he also broke down. Re-examined by Captain Forbes—Witness did not think, but knew, that theatrical property had depreciated consider ably for the last four years. Indeed, how could it be other wise, when there were 17 theatres in the metropolis, and four would be sufficient ? Mr. Robins was then informed that his evidence would not be further required, upon which, bowing to the Magistrates, he said—lf any of you, gentlemen, wish for shares in Drury. lane Theatre, I have 100 of my own to dispose of, which are quite atyour disposal, upon very moderate terms.—( Laugher. ) He said he would be content with 500 shillings for five 100/. - shares. Mr. H. Robertson stated, that he was treasurer of Covent garden Theatre since the year 1822. The amount of rent which he received from Mr. Macready last year was 5,4401., exclusive of 4501. for a private box. The amount for taxes was 7911., and the ground rent to the Duke of Bedford was 1,585/. Witness paid last year 2,2021. for repairs to the scenery, wardrobe, and decorations. He considered the an nual amount of repairs to command the present rent would cost at least 1,0001. per annum. The witness proved that he had applied to the Sun-office to insure the theatre, and could not effect it under four guineas per cent. He was quite sure the proprietors had done all they could to get the highest rent, and he was sure the shareholders were perfectly satisfied with their exertions. W. Bradwell, machinist and decorator of the theatre, proved that the properties under his charge would cost from 8,0001. to 10,000/. ; and Henry Sloman, carpenter of the theatre, said that he valued the rest of the heavy scenery and machinery at from 15,0001. to 20,000/. Walter Head, tailor and master of the wardrobe, proved that the seine of the wardrobe, the armoury, and shoe department, was between 9,000/. and 10,000/. By the CIIAIRMAN.—The wear and tear of theatrical ward robes were very great, and required to be renewed constantly. The dresses of all the actors were supplied from the wardrobe of the theatre, with the exception of Mr. Macready, who found his own dresses. The dresses of the ladies attached to the theatre were supplied in the same manner. Captain Forbes said, that the ladies' wardrobe, the music library, and other items, were left out of the calculation alto gether, in order to cut the matter short. The Gallant Captain said that was his case. In answer to a question by Sir Jacob Ilansler, Mr. Mousely, said that a reduction of five per cent. had been made upon the assessment of the theatre, and that reduction applied to all the houses in the parish. Mr. Mousely then proceeded to address the Mag istrates against the appeal, and said that if a reduction of the rates were made with regard to this theatre, every other theatre in the metropolis would claim the same benefit under the pre sent Act of Parliament. The parish of St. Paul, Covent garden, had used ever y exertion to g et at the fac t s of the case, - and a Committee having been appointed they determined that no further reduction could be made in the rates of the theatre. With respect to insurance, he submitted, that as the theatre carried on a hazardous business it could not he insured at all, and consequently the proprietors had no right to set up that it e m as an expense incurred by them. He contended that the rent received from Mr. Macready amounted to a much greater sum than the annual value, and therefore there was no just ground of complaint. He admitted that the theatre ought to be relieved from taxes, the charges for collecting, and other s mall items, and he begged to call the attention of the Board t o the great loss the parish sustained i n h av i ng the theatre where it stood, because if houses were erected in its stead they would yield much more in the shape of rates than the theatre, which was a loss to the parish of 3,0001. a year out of 40,0001., the gross amount of the poor -rates. He should call a few witnesses, and after hearing their evidence he confidently relied on the Magistrates to dismiss the appeal. Mr. Henry Walker deposed that he was one of the assessors for the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, ard assisted to as sess the theatre. Re went with others of the Sub-Committee and examined the theatre both internally and externally, when they found that four rows of houses could be built on the space which it occupied. They were further of opinion, from the area, superstructure, and situation, that if the theatre was converted to the same purpose as Exeter-hall, it would pro duce a much,larger income, The Sub-Committee awned it SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S-YESTRD4r. THE DERBY. The betting this afternoon was confined to a small number of the thirty-one class, 'Pros, Accelerator, Zimmerman, and . Fit- A u rn ea b th o c b n e te in ,s g lo th t e is c s h t o il s l e i n n four. nr, T a h n e d y Bulwark, but the business generally was neither heavy nor im portant. a we si r r e la b ll ac s k it e i d n f w re a e s ly la:id oSuir G. on 10 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton 18 to 1 agst Duke of Ifutland's Flambeau 25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Bulwark 25 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot—taken 30 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Zimmerman—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Accelerator—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Dey of Algiers—taken several times 33 to 1 agst Lord Alb emar l e ' s Tros ditto 33 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Fita-Ambo--ditto 40 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wapite—taken 14 to 1 agst Erin-go-Bragh and Accelerator—taken 30 to 1 agstErin-go-13ragh, and th e same agst E p i daurus, la i d in fifties in one bet. The City Steeple-chase, of which we gave the result on Satur day, is allowed to have been one of the fairest and best contested on record. The bets will be settled, and the Cup and Stakes handed over to the winner on Thursday next, at the Castle, Aloorgate, where the race was got up. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The question proposed by your Correspondent S. L., respecting the bishopric of Manchester, admits of a very easy solution. The Act to which he refers did not (as many per sons I find erroneously imagine) create two additional sees, but it enacted that upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the secs of Gloucester, Bristol, St. Asaph, or Bangor, two sees should be erected, one at Ripon and the other at Manchester. Soon after the passing of the Act, Dr. Gray, Bishop of Bris tol, died, whereupon the see of Bristol became annexed to that of Gloucester, and the see of Ripon was then constituted (Dr. Monk is now Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol), and whenever a vacancy shall occur in St. Asaph or Bangor, these two sees will also be united. The s urv i v i ng Bishop will take „ A h and Binffor or Bangor or ot. ..sap , and St. Asaph the title av be, and a Bishop of Manchester will be a - as the case in, pointed. This, lh a o m ug y h o : i tilf . L7ill, I trust, prove a satisfactory,r explanation. A LONDON CLERGYMAN, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—I send you herewith a statement of the result of the Municipal Election in this hitherto Tory-ridden -borough, and I send it you the more cheerfully, because I know that you are an avowed opponent of everything like self-election or Tory domination. Perhaps, Sir, in the annals of electioneering on a small scale, there never was more intense interest, untiring efforts, or greater anxiety manifested. The Tories were the first to take the field about nine weeks ago, and of course they " were not wishful to produce agitation, but to warn their friends against promising," and when their favourites were out, it was clear that their main strength was in the great Mr. Duesbery, a man' whose wealth alone was a host. As an election of Aldermen was to take place after the election of Councillors, their aim was to get a majority in the Corporate Body, and then choosing their Aldermen from the Burges'es at large, and not the Body Corporate, to retain that majority for the next six years certain. Thanks to the Liberal Bur gesses who have at last been made sensible of their privileges and the Kell working of the system in a pecuniary ap.d useful point of view, by their present representatives, this scheme of the Tories has been defeated, and their beautiful castle in the air, of a cut and dried selection of Mayor and Aldermen, has vanished altogether. They are grievously mortified, as well they may be; and it is certain that but for the Stanley men, the Independent Club, as Sir John Johnstone's party style them selves, that even thi s m i g hty champion of the Tories would have been a good d ea l below his opponents in number. If now Trimmershue the mo_ wouldapakypoll, liml b as bt e keh e eca o ott m mo e t eb binde thßeformers et Toriesande threadbare. a l r l out,cohe firmlyr r le v vaeemars shouldeatogether, st gfir oee k tnd n hge ow thettohleesme r, forobservations if result itheirnthey will only keep u n it e d, an d if you can help, Sir, by any you will help our cause, strengthen our hands, and oblige your frequent reader, SCRUTATOR. SCARBOROUGH MUNICIPAL ELECTION. TOWN -HALL, Nov. I. 1838. NORTH WARD. Mr. Thomas Purnell, Grocer, Reformer 166 Mr. James Tindall, Shipbuilder, Reformer l6O Mr. W. E. Woodall, Solicitor, Tory Mr. W. B. Fowler, Gentleman, Tory l3O Mr. John Wheldon, Miller, Reformer Mr. Wm. Harrison, Tea-man, Trimmer....... Mr. Robert Shepherd, Gentleman, Tory Mr. T. Thistlewaite, Gentleman, Trimmer Mr. George Crosby, Carpenter, Trimmer l5 SOUTII WARD.. Mr. William Bean , G entleman, Refor mer 142 Sail maker, Tcry ll2 Mr. W. D. T. Dues ber y , Gentleman, Tory l2B Mr. Jo3eph Parkinso n, \Vine-merchant, Reformer 128 Mr. G Fr e a o n r c g i e s AFlolwaniseorn' Wine-merchant, R e f ormer 126 , Mr. George Willis, Ship-owner, Tory Mr. Thomas Whitaker, Gentleman, Trimmer Mr. Wm. Williford, Wine-merchant, Trimmer W. Alexander, M.D., Trimmer In each Ward, the first three gentlemen were elected. TIIE DISTRESSED SPITALFIELDS WEAVF.Its.— A Circular has been addressed to the Magistrates urging the destitute state of the poor SpitalMd Weave rs , being deficient of work, and so reduced in bodily strength as to be unfit for other labour. When in work they undergo incessant toil for a bare subsistence ; the labour of a weaver is unlike that of other mechanics, who have the free use of their limbs while at work ; the weaver is, as it were, tied to his loom ; this is the cause of their sickly and squalid appearance. Another cause of their suffering originated in the repeal of the Silk. weavers' Act, the prices were then fairly regulated, giving a reasonable return for a fair day's work. Now any price is offered the poor weaver, who must take it or starve, and to make his condition worse his bread is heavily taxed without his consent. The Earl and Countess of Verulam, Viscount Grimston,, Lady Emily and Mr. Grimston, intend to remain at Dover until the end of the mouth. at 2,9001., which, with a deduction of h per cent„ would make 2,8121. The houses which ran parallel to the theatre were measured, and the result was, that if similar houses were erected on the ground which the theatre now occupied, they would produce a ;:eater amount of rates than the theatre now yielded. The witness, on being cross-examined by Captain Forbes, admitted that there had been some difference in the Committee with regard to the assessment of the theatre, but he denied that any resolution had ever been passed to reduce the rates, there being only two hands held up for it. Captain Forbes replied, and said that es to the effect which a reduction of the rates would make, it had nothing whatever to do with the question. The Bench was now in possession of the facts of the case,'and he was quite sure the Mag istrates would see the justice 'and necessity of affording that relief which the proprietors of the theatre sought. The CHAIRMAN then summed up the evidence, observing that this was a very novel description of appeal, because it re ferred to the rating of a theatre, and he was not aware that any case was to be found of a similar description. The ques tion was not whether the prop?rty should or should not be rated. The only point which the Magistrates were called upon to decide was whether the rate ought to be allowed or reduced. It was contended on the part of the appellants that there were certain expenses which were necessary to keep up the theatre, and that those expenses were such as the Act had contemplated. On the other side the respon dents urged that there ought to be no other reduc tions than the 791/. for taxes, 701. for watch and firemen, and 250/., being the charge for collecting the receipts for the theatre. Mr. Robins had certainly shown that thea trical property had suffered a vreat diminution, and the question was—how could the proprietors secure the advantages of the theatre, without incurring necessary expenses? He considered that it would be very difficult to ascertain what might be the value of the property, if other buildings were erected on the ground which the theatre now occupied, and he must say thus publicly, in his opinion, it would be a very hard case if the proprietors of this theatre were compelled to close their establishment, " thus eclipsing," as Dr. Johnson observed to Garrick, " the harmless gaiety of nations." In his opinion, no sort of property could be less burdensome to a parish than a theatre ; and certainly this theatre was harmless, as compared. with many of the houses in its immediate neighbourhood. In addition to which, if the proprietors were compelled to close it, upwards of 300 persons would be thrown out of employment, and become chargeable to the Strand Union. The room was then ordered to be cleared, and, after a lapse of three quarters of an hour, The CHAIRMAN stated that the Board, having taken the subject into consideration, were of opinion that the assessment of the theatre ought to be reduced to the sum of 1,2021. per annum, being a reduction of 1,6101. in the rate. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. GREECE. ATHENS, OCT. 7.—A short time ago his Majesty presided at a Council of Ministers, which lasted above ten hours, with out so much as a glass of water being allowed these poor wretches in the way of refreshment. All this -work was to convince the King of the utter impossibility of setting the laws at defiance, by issuing an ukase, constituting the Gover nors of the provinces sole judges in civil cases, arising from contested Turkish property and claims. The proposal had already been made to the Council of State, and when rejected with scorn by that assembly, the meeting of Ministers took place, to persuade the King of ►he danger of openly bidding defiance to that body. Regny, the French Controller of Finance, cannot get on at all with the Greeks, who, high and low, where money is concerned, areas quick at placing figures in their proper po sitions as your best astronomer with a thousand tables of lo garithms. Yet, to support this man Regny, a Russian agent, Monsieur Lagrene, chooses to go all lengths, to back the Greek Go vernment through all manner of misdeeds, and to do his ut most to counter act his instructions, which must be similar to those of Sir E. Lyons, for the interests of France and of England are exactly the same in this country. The French complain that when invited to the French mission they find themselves at a table where they cannot make themselves un derstood, for not a word is spoken but Russian. That very disgusting affair, the War-office sale of crosses, has been wound up with eclat. Oilman was sent to Nauplia, together with the Greek messenger of the War-office, to be tried by court-martial. The Capitaine Rapporteur (Govern ment Military Prosecutor) is an old Frenchman, speaking not one word but anything but his native tongue, and so deaf as not to be able to hear a syllable ; moreover, with a hundred Scmaltz power propensity for strong liquor, rendering him a most eligible person for a situation of trust, requiring talent and a quick comprehension of facts. This gentleman re ceived written instructions from the War-office (which it was not even thotight necessary to keep secret) to do all in his power to get Oilman acquitted and the Greek condemned. The usual members of the court-martial being Greeks were not considered trustworthy, and a Special Court was chosen by the War-office to judge itself. A little German Major was fixed on as President. Other gentlemen of the same kidney having been found to fill the Bench, the busi ness was settled, not, however, exactly according to the War. office orders ; for not even this packed Court dared condemn the messenger; so both Offman and he were acquitted. It was never for an instant attempted to deny the fact brought forward in the accusation, namely, that of Oilman having sold the crosses. ATHENS, Ocr. 10.—King Otho is actually gone on his long-promised visit to his Klephti subjects of Roumelia, and now we have nothing of royalty left at Athens but the hollow plaster busts of his Majesty, warranted perfect likenesses by the Italian boys. Young Absolute, after putting off his ,journey for nearly a month, started on Monday last with a suite of two Greeks and a host of Bavarians, who, by-the-by, had only about an hour's notice to prepare themselves. The attacks on the lonian Government inserted in the Greek official Newspapers, have not been noticed seriously yet ; but an article i❑ a late number of the Culfu Gazette, must show King Otho that the eyes of the lonian Government are quite open to the hostility displayed by the Bavarians, and I have no doubt that the hint will be taken. The following is the article alludel to : ( From the Corfu Official Gazette, No. 400 ) " We hasten to publish the following translation of a note from his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner to his Highness the President of the Senate, in which his Excel. lency communicates various documents relative to certain ar bitrary proceedings to which several lonians have been sub jected in various parts of Greece, and to the protection afforded to those individuals by Sir E. Lyons, Minister of her Majesty the Queen at the Court of Athens. We advise the subjects of these States proceeding to Greece, not to neglect furnishing themselves with their passports, to avoid all question as to their nationality, questions which may perhaps have occasioned the events alluded to ; and it gives us much satisfaction to make known how efficaciously her Majesty's Minister will in all cases grant that prottction to the lonians which is their ' right : " g The Lord High Commissioner to the President of the Senate. " Corfu, August 17, 1838. " ' Highness,—l have the honour to furnish, for the in formation of your Highness, and of thq Noble Senate, tF copy of a despatch and inclosed documents received by me from her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Athens, on the subject of certain arbitrary proceedings committed by the Greek Government towards certain lonian subjects residing in Greece—acts which gave rise to the strongest remon strances on the part of the aforesaid Minister, Sir E. Lyons. I am convinced that on examining the above-mentioned do cument your Highness and the Noble Senate will observe that Sir Edmund Lyons has omitted nothing to secure to 'onion subjects that protection which belongs to them by in ternational rights secured by treaty, and to procure at the same time the same reciprocity of amicable neighbourly con sideration which the subjects and the interests of his Hel lenic Majesty have constantly received from the lonian Go vernment. 6, With sentiments of the highest consideration, "' I have the honour to be, (Signed) " HOWARD DOUGLAS. •" 'To his Highness Count Spiridion Vettor Bulgar , G. C. M. G., President of the Senate." KIDDERMINSTER. The first of November passed off very quietly, as the To ries did not seem inclined to offer any resistance. Thus fivo Liberals were re-elected, and the sixth (also a Liberal), in the place of a moderate Tory. On the 9th rather more excitement was felt, and a large number assembled to witness the election of the new Mayor. Although here no opposition was expected, yet as the Town Clerk (who is a Tory), had expressed his opinion that t)- retiring Mayor could no longer fill his situation as councitior for the third year, many burgesses were collected. The late Mayor was chosen in 1836—Councillors of course for three years ; and the Town Clerk contended that a new election should have taken place to fill his situation, when chosen Mayor. This opinion was not generally received, and the opinion of counsel was also against it ; and had not the Mayor have been elected Alderman, he had taken his seat as Coun cillor. 4 Mr. Charles Talbot (a Dissenter) was then unanimously chosen Mayor; and, after some few suitable remarks, the Council proceeded to their choice of Aldermen. In this there was no difference of opinion, and Mr. W. H. Werth was re elected—George Talbot, jun., late Mayor; Henry Brunton, Borough Magistrate. The two latter in place of Mr. T. Lukes and Mr. H. Cooke. Thus our eighteen Councillors and six Aldermen are all Reformers 1 Now our Town Clerk contends there should be, by the Mu nicipal Act-1 Mayor, 18 Councillors, and 6 Aldermen. This is not agreeable to schedule A. • STOCKHOLM, OCT. 30.—1 t is said that the King's departure for Norway is again put off till the sth of November ; perhaps it will not take place at all. It is probable the Queen will not accompany his Majesty. Sir Thomas Cartwright, the ne w English Ambassador, delivered his credentialsto the King on the 20th of October. He was afterwards presented to the Queen, to whom he also presented credentials, and then to the Crown Prince and Princess. On the following day Sir Thomas and his Lady ( Countess Semtezell) dined with their Majesties. Mr. Blomfield, late Charge d'Affaires, will shortly leave Stockholm. CLERICAL COACHING.—Our Reverend Presbyte rian friends have taken grievous offence at the proposal to run a double mail to Edinburgh on Sunday, and have resolved to prevent it from being carried into effect. As usual, they seem, to some extent, ignorant of the faco.—Aberdeen 'Jerald, FINE ARTS We were favoured on Sal urday with a private view 01 painting executed by Davis, and representing the Quee ? the riding out with the members of her household among. picturesque glades of Windsor Forest. Ilcr Majesty Is , ? course, at the head of the gay troop of "equestrians, and Is drawn in a truly graceful attitude. She is acco mpanied b, Y S the King and Queen of the Belgian., Miss Cavendish, MIS Quentin, Lord Torrington, Sir G. Quentin, Lor d Belfast, Lord Alfred Paget, and some few other visitors at the Castle. All these are portraits, and such, too, as may readilyf he recognised. The likeness, in particular, of the King ? Belgium, is one of the most striking we have yet see n of 11.15 Majesty. The horses are also, we are informed, portraits of some of the handsomest saddle-horses in the stables .at Windsor Castle. The painting is carefully finished in all e I ts parts, and as the subject is a peculiarly interesting one, have little doubt that it will become, when engraved,-hi ill popular. PORTRAITS OF THE DARLINGS. - Achermann, London, 1838. These are lithographed likenesses of the Darling law'', —that is to say, of William Darling, his wife , and Gr°- Darling, their daughter, the celebrated heroine of the Fer. (l , Islands. We cannot, of course, speak to the accuracY the likenesses ; but this, at least, we may say of them , tb a c they are " full of mark and likelihood." The portrait 0' Mr. Darling—which, by-the-bye , bears no indistinct rhc; semblance to that of Wordsworth, prefixed to et 3 a latest edition of his poems—is the por trait r , thoughtful and observant man ; the eye , in POO titular, is full of intelligence. Mrs. Darling, 1, the contrary, is a buxom, jolly dame , whose rotioui chubby face, expresses a world of kindliness and gl y humour. Grace Darling is represented as a very Pr,e,,the young woman, which all heroines are, or should be. le eyes are replete with a certain arch vivacity ; a nd a sn' of infinite sweetness plays about the small, well-dcfil'ee mouth. Her face is much more attractive than ally o f the. l which figure in " Heath's Book of Beauty." A Frovincl3s Contemporary, we perceive, says.,that she richly d eser'rc siio a husband, for her late heroic achievement. Bless her, deserves a dozen ! LITERATURE. HEATH'S BOOK OF BEAUTY. Longman, _London, 1838. of A most splendid Annual, perhaps the most splendi"dv the season. The Editor—or rather Editress—is Blessington, who has shown her usual skill and t aste in '4) selection of the literary articles. The. Plates, twe lv i . c o . ol number, are all of flint!) portraits engraved, chiefly original paintings by Chalon, Ross, and Landseer, by of the ablest artists of the day. The best an d tenst !riet rited of these portraits—which, we should observe, af )(.. , our female aristocracy—is decidedly Edwin Landseer'slifor ness of the Viscountess Fitzharris, which is remarkable,id the beantiful contour of the head, and the cbast, e ; ,l, i 0 graceful elegance of the attire. The frontispiece, vg°' It a portrait of the Duchess of Sutherland, is by Chalon' oE t is in his most characteristic, but certainly not in bisll'Aro successful, manner, being far too artificial. The beA"„tess bust are the best portions of the picture. Visen u 'il of Powerscourt is a well painted sketch from the Pelle:n-01' Ross. The face wears pleasing expression of mixed ''tia ligence and good nature. The portrait of Mrs. r l° ~lar l7 Martin, which is almost a full length, is that of a sing: ri ce. handsome woman. The attitude is full of ease an°,re‘cr The literary department of the " Book of Beata f rP)' tains some clever articles, among the best of which I:fehave enumerate Lord Abinger's " Fable," which, thoughp it „.ic a doubtful political tendency, is clever in point n,2, Trelawncy's " Master of the Sword ;" and Lady Pie'. ton's tale entitled the " Young Mother." DP I LEGENDS OF LEICESTER IN THE L. TIME. London; Whittaker, 1838. co the This volume consists of five legendary Tales fro the pen of Mr. Featherstone, already favourably know°,,- Of public as the author of " Midsummer Day the author personally we know nothing, but Wes u f'et from the collection of Tales before us that be ) c a to very young man, and consequently we are not incl ln d 1 ) 0' test his performances in the way of story-telling bY. o ar Days in TOY' vo so critical standard. His disregard of probabilities ' 5 lO re' sionally too striking ; nor do the beauties of his st) . l e ct' lieve us from all sense of the meagrcness of reallY T O O 6 ing incident. Still his Legends are interesting. and t o f f‘ r something more than can be said for many worts higher literary pretension; COURT CIRCULAR. „id WINDSOR, MONDAY. —This afternoon the Queen , s tt i c ,p ll ' by Barons Lehzen, the Hon. Colonel and Miss CaiVe'l° Lord Byron, Mr. Rich, and others of the suite , r oue I' Park on horseback. c• 1 / 1 Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accoMP3lll Lady Mary Stopford, took an airing in a pony p bxtoo,l3,, but The Earl and Countess of Albemarle left this merpi Hamton Co cil, ur. 1 00 11 ' The Coun t which was to have taken place this after' is posoned. at The tp Earl of Surrey left for town this morning. arrived Viscount Melbourne and the Hon. Wm. Cowper the Castle last night. r This afternoon the Marquis Conyngham arrived. a o .It e ; The Marquis d'Arcourt, Mr. and Mrs. Cavendish, and Mrs. Harcourt, will have the Honour of dining a Majesty this evening. iti ifitb The Postmaster-General had an intervie w Yee'terd ter . the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 0 I - The Commander of the Forces transacted b usino day at the Colonial Office. The Neapolitan, Belgian, and Spanish Minis tere bel l° o s Senfft, Minister from Austria ; and the Chevalier 1 1 bo lo y C e a s r te v r a d ll a lo y , atPtohretuFgourseeigCnboaringcee.d'Affaires, transactecling,s a ct, Despatches were forwarded yesterday from Dow n t be for Lord Melbind. Despatches, ourne dated at Oct. 6, sor were received y este r ' I SA t " 'tile Foreign Department from the British Consul at AlCci,y3 Despatches, dated Oct. 12, were received yeet c r i ,. Pos , Colonial Department from Lieutenant- General 1,13 5 t t be Douglas, the Lord High Commissioner of the loni a r d s y fl o or Despatches, dated Oct. 18, were received yes"! Gaye Colonial Office from Major-General Bouverie, th e t ile of Malta. t 0131 ° Despatches, dated Nov. 6, were received yet tl Foreign Office from the British Consul at Vigo• er g' s - Despatches dated July 26, were received yet PI e India Board f Bomba. e a Despatchesrom from Cons y tantinople were rece ived at the Foreign Office. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived 10 t°wti lii' day from Newbury. ive The Marquis of Camden is about to g- is .5 13 0 Nlla of residence in Grosvenor-street. The Noble e$ t 0 Wilderness, his scat in Kent, in the enjoyme n lit t k health. . 1 c btaJ The Marquis and Marchionessof It" e " ° o bs arrived in Grosvenor-square from their seat, T° be tge Wiltshire ; and will leave town at the close of t Ge l; Brighton. The Earl of Arran, Lord Barringt on, • Sit l r o otig t Houlton, and Ludlow Bruges, Esq , are toV il recent arrivals at Bath. i" The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrive to o ,e 3( yesterday from Hastings. s er h e The Hon. Wm. Fraser and Miss Frtnrili, „ rived in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, from Pk' „P i ' of Lord Saltoun, in Abertheashire. Chic lte' es. Lord and Lady de Saumarez have left W° l rs t ' on a visit to Sir C. Morgan, Bart., at Tredegar, iripeerbot'ori, The mortal remains of the late Viscount t C r e r' ' Co cl‘ c. , will be interred to-morrow in the family ve,.9 Worcestershire. The Earl of Coventry, Sir L'„ i ' ea elsav"' Bart., the Hon. Wm. Coventry, the Earl of m i j e ite• s will attend;his Lordship's funeral obsequies. 9.,....4:0,100'% Le BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, N°Bl.. market k ot t . grocers nor refiners are doing much, and the T o g. —Bristol yß c ßm, e z efi s innus i g v dtNo e al l a: y smcr hfieleaairsdtcAyuaa arrived sale a t i. h vl ce e da r t e a d ot u ot e ho t id i s o p npronoticedprices. i T 2 h n h r tyabl of F or o oe lg l e .;. o 4 , as compared with 1837, continues to fall off, an d d , , , 0 ,0 0 stock is increased to a surplus of 19,000 libels. e a 1 1) le t 1 0 these 1; EL EcT Io remembered, the Tories have most ind i s putao.J f they have sustained a severe loss in the g reat e' r ..0 ' 4 11q, D l ° , s liamentary, and at the sa me time municipal, h afor taib iso : . 0 , 1 5 land and Wales. To this test the Tori e b s i , h TorYeicctloo were eager to submit the es timation in v"" — f the sC D O° held by the country at large. To the r esult t 9 t O they looked with hope ; to influence these el 7 t t b lieo f i g 'f a , for days and weeks crowded the Tory press with W u % fol t p Parliamentary registration of borough voters„,t_onstro loco, at the pains to collect into one document ot tb , s roq„re or ; hood the detached portions of the previous o'c' u chl s ", er y too they gave it to the world in Fraser. Tw o ent to , % ,,i 0 ; th e municipal elections the Tory manifesto was s 80 CCr' s o f. o o , of England : the effect was calculated upoo.tie bopc be vo, spirits of the Liberals were to be broken _L l wor e t bc d , or y Tories were raised, and their utmost encrgloe.:__ gorated. But all in vain. The elections _ av ir rgs of a l i 0 0;01 ries defeated ; and Fraser's manifesto, the „ r __ o gjee , v(0 40 0 press, the hopes and wishes of the Tories tor d Tor ies ', /so trei in a bottle of smoke. Bide your time, goo or fel" 1 brf o n r Ot ti r meuninictoipoaltee:tiiti: uponfrio t r 1 , 1 1 7 719 p a rcliharolonebajactisee. i i l b g i torec l e A VETERAN: John Hay, wh° to fin t c ot e l ti, his o n n i n i c e l t e y d . fi i n r s o t n y e . e a o r f , life been a Newspaper reader, will not p issesses all his faculties entire, and t hroe; 3 . u o f 4 10 craft." We believe a similar cireu g 'ges with youthful activity in . the labour ' i 4 unee this or any adjoining county.—Kelso Chrostv i a t tended a e s t h e O m n a r F 1 1 : - . c ri ci t e. ga li rr ; !fat b j g e l °l° : ci f , ci